Physics and Astronomy and Regents' Professor Wolfgang Rudolph has been named as one of 58 new fellows of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Rudolph was recognized for pioneering contributions to ultrashort pulse physics and groundbreaking research in femtosecond pulse microscopy and spectroscopy. Fellows are selected on a variety of criteria such as record of publications related to optics, service to OSA, achievements in optics or management ability.
Photo: Regents' Professor and OSA Fellow Wolfgang Rudolph
“The distinction of fellow at OSA is reserved for those members of the optics and photonics community who are at the top of the profession,” said Elizabeth Rogan, OSA’s executive director. “Wolfgang Rudolph fits this distinction and has offered valuable insights and contributions to the ongoing understanding of optical science. OSA congratulates him on his accomplishments.”
This year’s fellows hail from around the globe, 23 of whom are affiliated with institutions outside the United States. The new fellows will be recognized at meetings throughout the world in 2007.
Any regular OSA member who has served with distinction in the advancement of optics is eligible for transfer to the class of fellow. OSA’s Fellows & Honorary Members Committee recommends candidates to the Board of Directors, based on nominations from current fellow members. The number of fellows is limited by the bylaws to 10 percent of the total membership.
OSA brings together and unites more than 70,000 professionals from 134 countries from the global optics community through its programs and initiatives.
Since 1916, OSA has worked to advance the common interests of the field, providing educational resources to the scientists, engineers and business leaders who work in the field by promoting the science of light and the advanced technologies made possible by optics and photonics.
OSA publications, events, technical groups and programs foster optics knowledge and scientific collaboration among all those with an interest in optics and photonics. For more information, visit Optical Society of America.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The Anderson School of Management Associate Professor Robert Del Campo was recently named associate editor of The Business Journal of Hispanic Research. The Journal, a new, peer reviewed research journal, focuses on topics that relate to Hispanic business professionals, managers, and executives as well as managers, executives, diversity professionals, and others who manage or work with Hispanic business professionals.
The Journal also serves to act as a medium between practice and academic research. The National Society of Hispanic MBAs will launch the publication this year.
Del Campo teaches human resources management at Anderson and is a member of the Academy of Management.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico World Language Expo 2007 is set for Saturday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Ortega Hall on the UNM campus. Admission is $2.
The World Language Expo is a high-energy event featuring dozens of language and culture workshops, competitions and demonstrations. Past Expos have included Tai Chi, Kendo, Argentinian mate, Latin dancing, crêpe and truffle making, as well as how to speak Russian, Czech, Welsh, Swedish and more.
A poster competition and other updates will be featured on the UNM Foreign Languages and Literatures Web site at: www.unm.edu/~fll by Feb. 12.
For more information, contact Marina Peters Newell at: mpnewell@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico celebrates 75 years in 2007. The Directors Lecture will kick off the yearlong celebration on Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. with “The Search for Sir John Franklin,” presented by John Martin “Jack” Campbell, Maxwell director from 1969-1972. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Photo: Sir John Franklin
Several years ago Campbell was invited to join a Canadian expedition whose purpose was to track down a rumor that a ship – either the Terror or the Erebus – had been sighted on the shore of an Arctic island. The British Royal Navy ships were Franklin’s. They mysteriously disappeared while seeking the fabled Northwest Passage from Europe to the Orient. This is the story of the search expedition.
Campbell is former chairman of the UNM Department of Anthropology and director of the UNM Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. He is currently a research professor of Anthropology at UNM. Campbell has worked in the Arctic and Subarctic for 60 years. His field studies have taken place in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and the former Soviet Union.
His photographs have been exhibited nationally and supported by the Smithsonian Institute. His most recent book, The Great Houses of Chaco, will be published in April by the University of New Mexico Press.
The Maxwell Museum was established in 1932 by Edgar Lee Hewett as a teaching museum. It is recognized as an important regional museum and a nationally known research center.
For more information, contact Mary Beth Hermans 277-1400, or e-mail mhermans@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
An informational meeting will be held on UNM’s “World of Wellness” Rapid Redesign Initiative Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. in the SUB Ballroom. The purpose of the initiative is to design and implement a comprehensive system of benefits, services and programs to support the highest level of employee health and wellness at UNM.
The meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about the objective of this initiative, understand the process being used and your role in it.
The resulting system will:
• provide services that are most likely to have the greatest positive impact on the health, wellness, and productivity of the UNM employee community,
• maximize available resources,
• eliminate inefficiencies and unnecessary programmatic redundancies,
• identify key measures of success, and
• build in methodologies for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the efficacy of all programs
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions, meet the members of the “World of Wellness” Design Team and provide input to help inform the work of the Design Team.
For more information contact Jessica McKenna at 277-2695.
UNM Career Services will host the largest career fair in state history “Career Expo 2007” on Tuesday, Feb. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Building ballroom.
More than 110 local and national employers will have exhibits. Representatives from state and federal agencies, television media, homebuilders, bankers and business organizations will share information about employment opportunities.
Among those expected to attend are Aerotek, Centex Homes, Central Intelligence Agency, Intel Corporation, KOB TV, Lockheed Martin, Maxim Healthcare Services, Teach for America, Aerospace Corporation, Pfizer, Inc., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Census Bureau, Walgreens, Wells Fargo, WFS Financial/Wachovia, and YMCA.
For more information, contact Mary Montaño, Career Services, 277-7801, or visit Career Fairs.
Oliver Sacks, famed neurologist and author, will speak Thursday, Feb. 1, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Basic Medical Sciences Building, rm. 303, on UNM North Campus. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Sacks is the author of several books, including Awakenings, which details his discovery in the 1960s of chronic care patients in a New York facility who survived the great pandemic of sleepy sickness in frozen animation. Sacks used an experimental drug to bring them out of their state.
He is best known for his 1985 collection of case histories from the far borderlands of neurological experience, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, in which he describes patients struggling to live with conditions ranging from Tourette's Syndrome to autism, parkinsonism, musical hallucination, phantom limb syndrome, schizophrenia, retardation and Alzheimer's disease.
Media Contact: Luke Frank, (505) 272-3679; e-mail: lfrank@salud.unm.edu
Ray Hernández-Durán, assistant professor UNM Department of Art and Art History, presents, “The Academy of San Carlos and Colonial Art History in Mexico: Nation, Politics, and History,” on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 5:30 p.m. at the UNM Art Museum. The “Tuesday Talk” is held in conjunction with the exhibit, “Body and Soul-Ibero-American Colonial Art in Context.” The exhibition will be up through Aug. 5.
The exhibit, curated by students under the direction of Hernández-Durán, includes paintings, prints, books and sculpture. Many of the paintings formerly belonged to the International Institute of Iberian Colonial Art but were recently gifted to the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe.
Other works were borrowed from the Jan and Frederick Mayer collection, Denver, Colo., the collection of Dominic Serna, Albuquerque, UNM Center for Southwest Research and the UNM Art Museum. The goal is to present the material in a format that will aid in a better understanding of the original contexts of production, display and interpretation.
The University of New Mexico’s second annual conference, “Success in the Classroom: Sharing Practices that Work” will be held in the SUB on Friday, Feb. 16 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. The event is free and open to all UNM faculty, students and staff. No registration is required.
Gary Smith, director of the Office of Support for Effective Teaching, said, “Approximately 30 UNM faculty and staff members will present practical sessions focusing on methods that they have used in their classrooms and online instructional environments that have improved student learning.” Smith and English Department Lecturer James Burbank organized the conference, which has become an annual event.
“The enthusiasm shown during last year’s conference shows how many dedicated professionals we have who are committed to supporting and improving teaching at UNM,” Smith said. The 2006 conference attracted more than 120 attendees and participation at the year’s event is expected to be greater.
“The conference provides a vital forum for exchanging ideas and building community based on our enthusiasm for and engagement with the crucial teaching mission at the university,” Burbank said
This year’s conference includes “Teaching for Democracy,” organized by UNM’s Chapter of the National Network for Educational Renewal. This full-day event features methods to help students develop skills and habits to become effective citizens.
Another session focuses on using technology to teach in the college classroom and online. These presentations include uses of WebCT, “clickers,” and other applications.
The third session features a variety of practical classroom instructional and assessment techniques, including case studies, collaborative learning, approaches to diverse learning styles, concept inventories, assigning writing and more.
Although the conference is free, attendees are invited to participate in a limited-seating luncheon. At the luncheon, UNM Presidential Teaching Fellow and Associate Professor of Math and Statistics Michael Nakamaye will present “Success in the Classroom: Make it Relevant and Be a Role Model!”
The Office of Support for Effective Teaching (OSET) sponsors the event, with support from the Office of the President, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Office of Graduate Studies, Freshman Learning Communities, New Media and Extended Learning, Media and Technology Services, Department of Earth & Planetary Science and Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
For more information visit the OSET Web site at: www.unm.edu/~oset/Success.html.
Provost Reed Dasenbrock released the final report of the Graduation Task Force, appointed and charged in June 2006 with identifying the most critical factors affecting graduation rates at UNM. The report, submitted by co-chairs Vice Provost Peter White and Associate Provost Wynn Goering, recommends eight major strategies to improve overall graduation rates and promote degree-completion equity.
Photo: Provost Reed Dasenbrock
“I’m pleased by the breadth and thoughtfulness of the task force’s recommendations,” Dasenbrock said. “Now we need to begin a series of conversations about these proposals with regents, faculty, staff and other key constituencies so that we can act on them in a way that will make a difference for our students.”
Among the report’s major suggestions:
* Promote a more rigorous high school curriculum for students planning to attend UNM
* Changes in course placement testing and processes
* Expand on-campus student employment opportunities
* Changes in how and when courses are scheduled
* Changes in the “teaching and learning environment,” including more prescriptive enrollment policies, more diversity in faculty hiring and the development of faculty positions dedicated to undergraduate instruction
“Our report reflects the formal participation of more than sixty people,” noted Goering, “and the ideas and input of many others. Yet, we know that’s just a tithe of those whose efforts will ultimately shape its outcomes. We’re looking forward to engaging all those people in the months to come.”
The Graduation Task Force recommendations and a full report can be viewed on-line at the provost’s Web site, Graduation Task Force recommendations.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Judges and volunteers are needed for the UNM Undergraduate Research and Creativity conference Tuesday, April 3. Undergraduate projects across all disciplines will be showcased from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cash prizes will be awarded for the best oral, poster and performance projects.
To sign up as a volunteer, email Marla Wyche-Hall, program coordinator, University College, at mwycheh1@unm.edu.
“The conference is a collaborative effort, working with Profound, McNair, WISE and other research programs, as well as colleges on campus to ensure all UNM undergraduate students are afforded the opportunity to participate,” Wyche-Hall said.
Proposals are being accepted through Friday, March 9. For more information, visit Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference.
Media Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Office of International Programs and Studies holds its spring study fair Tuesday, Jan. 30, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Dane Smith Hall Atrium. The fair highlights opportunities for short and long-term international study for UNM students in 2007.
This summer, UNM students may earn credit in UNM courses while studying ancient and modern art on Huang Shan Mountain in China, singing in Italy, working on a riverboat clinic in the Amazon region of Ecuador, or observing grassroots community organizations in Nicaragua. New programs are also opening up for semester and year-long student exchange programs with classes taught in English in China and Japan.
“UNM is in the midst of a major internationalization program for the campus,” said Ken Carpenter, associate director of International Programs and Studies. “Our faculty members are offering a record number of spring and summer international courses – some 24 courses in more than 14 countries from Japan to Switzerland. Our office has also been working on new semester and year-long exchange programs in Asia, including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nanjing, Taiwan and Japan.”
According to Carpenter, participation in international study programs at UNM has more than doubled in the past five years, and students are expressing interest in areas previously not requested. Past UNM study abroad programs have sent students primarily to Europe or Latin America, but recently they are requesting to go to Asia, especially Japan and China.
In response, UNM has been developing several new Asian programs, including an international business student exchange with Hong Kong Polytechnic University, developed by the Anderson Schools of Management; a student exchange program in electrical engineering with Shanghai Jiao Tong University; a general purpose exchange program with National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and a new undergraduate student exchange program beginning in 2007 with Akita International University, a small liberal arts university in Japan.
Furthermore, UNM is also establishing a cooperative program with the University of Arizona for study opportunities in Nanjing, China. Plans are also in the works to develop one or two new exchange programs in Japan and China during 2007.
Although UNM offers classes in Chinese and Japanese, most UNM students do not have the proficiency to do university-level work in those languages; however, many courses in partner universities in China and Japan are taught in English. Students also have the opportunity to study the languages intensively while in their host countries.
Carpenter also noted that there are some good financial aid incentives to help students to gain international experience. Last year the UNM Board of Regents established a new study abroad scholarship program, the Regents International Study Grant, which has supported some 127 students for study in 23 different countries.
Three federal government programs also provide funding for students to participate in international foreign language or area studies programs in strategic areas of the world, including Asia. OIPS can provide information about those grants and assistance in applying.
In addition to new program initiatives, UNM students can participate in exchange programs in 25 other countries around the world.
For more information contact
Programs in Latin America, Spain and Portugal: LAII, Robyn Cote, rcote@unm.edu, 277-6843
All Other Programs:
OIPS, Ken Carpenter, carpenk@unm.edu>/a>, 277-4032
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Board of Regents has chosen the five finalists for the 20th president of the university. Noting that UNM constituency groups had called for candidates with exemplary academic, executive leadership and management credentials, regents are bringing three individuals who are current or former university presidents to campus, as well as candidates who are chief academic officers or senior vice presidents at other universities.
The finalists selected, in alphabetical order, are:
* Meredith Hay, Vice President for Research, University of Iowa
* Daniel H. López, President, New Mexico Tech
* Herman D. Lujan, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, California State University, Los Angeles
* Robert T. McGrath, Senior Vice President for Research, The Ohio State University
* David J. Schmidly, President and System CEO, Oklahoma State University
The candidates all have earned doctorates, and four have, during their careers, attained tenure and been promoted to the rank of full professor.
Regents President Jamie Koch praised the work of the advisory presidential search committee, chaired by Regent Raymond Sanchez.
“Of the 22 individuals on the search committee, nine were women and more than half were minorities,” said Koch. “They brought their particular experiences and insights to the process, insuring that the pool presented to the regents featured candidates who are champions of diversity with an appreciation of New Mexico culture.”
Sanchez added: “Each of these finalists was recruited by the committee and we can assure you that their academic credentials and commitment to diversity are exemplary. These are all serious candidates.”
Koch said the finalists are being closely scrutinized for their track records in working with faculty and internal constituencies as well as in fundraising and working with business and community groups.
Each of the candidates will have the opportunity to interact with a number of campus constituencies over an expected 2 -3 days of interviews, beginning in early February.
According to state law, regents’ final action on selecting the president must take place at least 21 days after giving public notice of the names of the finalists.
Biographies of each of the candidates are available at, Presidential Finalists Bios.
Media Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; cell - 362-5530; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu
Reading Also Launches Chapbook Series
Lisa Gill will celebrate receiving a 2007 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship by reading with friends on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. in the University of New Mexico Student Union building Santa Ana rooms. The reading is free and open to the public. Gill is a first year master of fine arts student in the creative writing program and author of “Red as a Lotus: Letters to a Dead Trappist” (La Alameda Press, 2002) and “Mortar & Pestle” (New Rivers Press, 2006).
Photo: Lisa Gill
At this reading, she will showcase the 10 poems from her application to the NEA as well as recent work. She will also introduce some of her literary co-conspirators and formative teachers and highlight one of her projects from last year, Poetry-n-Jazz, as well as two of her current editing projects – the Donkey Journal and Unicycle, a chapbook award for writers with disabilities which will launch with a posthumous collection by Lee Wilson.
Guests include Mitch Rayes, Chris Wrenn, Skye Pratt, Robert Arthur Reeves, Mary Rising Higgins and Gene Frumkin, as well as a special appearance from TH3 E1EMENTAL ORKE5TRA, a trio with Mike Balistreri on bass, percussion and toys, Mark Weaver on tuba and Jonathon Baldwin on cornet.
For more information, contact Liz Shaw at lizshaw@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Office of International Programs and Studies offers Go Global!, a workshop for faculty on UNM’s international opportunities, on Wednesday, Jan. 31 from 3:30 – 5 p.m. in SUB Lobo rms. A&B. The event is sponsored by the Office of International Programs and Studies, Office of Support for Effective Teaching and the Study Abroad Advisory Committee.
The workshop will help faculty develop and lead international courses and field study; apply for international research and grants; apply for Fulbright and other faculty development grants; network with other UNM faculty and internationalize the curriculum.
Another component, according to Ken Carpenter, associate director OIPS, is to help students find international study, volunteer and work opportunities.
He said, “We want to grow the number of UNM students who have an international experience because it has a transformational effect on each and every one who takes advantage of that opportunity.”
For more information contact Carpenter at 277-4032 or via e-mail, carpenk@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The School of Architecture and Planning has announced the appointment of two faculty members to Regents’ Lecturer and Regents’ Professor. Regents professorships and lectureships are two programs funded by the UNM Board of Regents to reward full time faculty members for excellence.
Photo: Claudia Isaac has been appointed Regents' Lecturer.
Associate Professor Claudia Isaac, School of Architecture and Planning, has been appointed Regents’ Lecturer. Isaac joined the faculty of the Community and Regional Planning program in 1988 and served as program director from 1997 - 2000. She has also served as a member of the Latin American Studies faculty and director of the Latin American and Iberian Institute.
Isaac holds a doctorate degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles; a master of Public Affairs and Urban and Regional Planning from Princeton University, and a bachelor’s from Bryn Mawr College.
Isaac’s research grows from her professional practice and citizen participation in community economic development and housing efforts in downtown Albuquerque. She is concerned with the ways that “identity politics” shape contested definitions of progress, as well as differing visions of successful downtown redevelopment.
She provides technical assistance to community-based organizations in community development and currently serves as a board member of the Sawmill Community Land Trust, the Supportive Housing Coalition, and the Anti-Predatory Lending Roundtable. Isaac recently served on the executive committee of the Downtown Albuquerque Civic Trust Board.
Professor Anne Taylor, School of Architecture and Planning, has been appointed Regents’ Professor. Taylor earned a doctorate and master’s degree in Art Education from Arizona State University and a bachelor’s in American Studies from Wells College in Aurora, N.Y. She has been a member of the faculty of the UNM architecture program since 1977.
Taylor founded and directed the Institute for Environmental Education in the school and also served as associate dean of the graduate school and professor of Art Education in the Department of Education.
Photo: Anne Taylor has been appointed Regents' Professor.
Her on-going research involves creating learning environments and using architecture to teach an integrated curriculum in the schools. Her most recent book, “The Knowing Eye: Linking Architecture and Education Through Learning Environment Design” (UNM Press, Spring 2008), addresses designing school facilities.
In Taylor’s book, she promotes transformation of current learning environments to enhance developmental needs of the body, mind and spirit of students through architectural design elements. The architecture design studio has creative problem solving built into it, making it an effective model.
Taylor was named Distinguished Professor by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and is an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects.
Regents’ professors receive an annual award of $8,300 annually for three years, while Regents’ lecturers receive $2,900 for three years. Although the appointment is for three years, the faculty member may retain the title throughout his or her career.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico has received final state approval to offer a graduate degree program in Nanoscience and Microsystems. The New Mexico State Board of Finance approval was the last step before UNM can officially begin granting a doctoral or master's degree in nanoscience and microsystems.
The interdisciplinary NSMS degree program is offered jointly by the UNM College of Arts and Sciences and the UNM School of Engineering. More than 70 faculty in nine academic departments worked together to develop the degree program. New Mexico State and New Mexico Tech will support the degree program by offering additional classes.
School of Engineering Associate Dean of Research Kevin Malloy says, “UNM is one of the first universities in the country to offer a Ph.D. in this emerging discipline. This program is a great example of how our faculty's leading-edge research benefits graduate as well as undergraduate students in a formal curriculum.”
Nanoscience refers to the scientific phenomena that occur at sizes around a nanometer, which is one billionth of a meter. An example of scale is the walls of cells, which are five nanometers thick. The interdisciplinary field of nanoscience has evolved from the traditional disciplines of solid state physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and engineering.
Microsystems are the human-scaled application of nanoscience. Nanoscience and nanotechnology have been referred to as the Industrial Revolution of the 21 st century. Demand for graduates in nanotechnology has been increasing steadily, but currently, only a few universities offer degree programs. The ground-breaking UNM degree program was developed under the leadership of the new program director, Professor Abhaya Datye of the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering.
Classes in nanoscience and microsystems are currently being offered in a number of different departments across UNM. In addition, qualifying students can apply for National Science Foundation-sponsored fellowships for study in the Nanoscience and Microsystems Degree Program at http://www.chtm.unm.edu/igert/
For more information about the NSMS program, please contact Professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Abhaya K. Datye at (505) 277-0477 or datye@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Cindy McGill, vice president, Corporate Strategy and Development at PNM Resources, has been elected to the board of STC.UNM. McGill, who serves on a variety of boards in the community, has extensive experience and expertise in public policy, strategy development and general management.
Photo: Cindy McGill
STC President Lisa Kuuttilla says, “Cindy is a valuable addition to the STC Board. Her connections in the business community are a valuable resource for STC. We are excited to have her join the STC Board of Directors.”
At PNM Resources McGill is responsible for leading the development of strategic plans. She tracks changes in the energy industry and technology, evaluates the impact of those changes on company strategy, assists business units in developing strategies, and performs other strategy-related analysis.
McGill also serves on the boards of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, Presbyterian Healthcare Services and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. She is professionally affiliated with The Conference Board’s Council of Strategic Planning Executives, the Edison Electric Institute and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
All UNM faculty/staff alumni are invited to purchase two tickets for the price of one to attend an upcoming Lobo men’s or women’s basketball game. Tickets must be purchased Friday, Jan. 26, at the Pit Ticket Office, and you must wear your Alumni Faculty-Staff t-shirt to take advantage of the special. Tickets will be available for the Jan. 27 women's game against UNLV and the Jan. 30 men's game against Wyoming. Tickets for the women's game are only $4, while $12 is the price for the men's game.
If you don't have an Alumni Faculty-Staff t-shirt, they are on sale at the Alumni Association at Hodgin Hall for only $5.
In addition, for those wearing their Alumni Faculty-Staff t-shirts, the UNM bookstore will extend its Game Day Friday Lobo-wear discount of 25 percent to all Lobo gift items.
Watch your e-mail for future upcoming 4th Friday Campus Alumni Appreciation Day activities and specials.
Sponsored by the UNM Alumni Association. For more information call 277-5808.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Marie Mugavin has become the first ever student to graduate with a Ph.D. from the UNM College of Nursing (CoN) after successfully defending her dissertation in early January. Dr. Mugavin’s dissertation was a comparative study of women incarcerated in New Mexico for crimes of child abuse and child homicide. Close to 100 percent of these women were interviewed by Dr. Mugavin to identify factors that may have lead to the crimes.
Photo: Dr. Marie Mugavin
Although Dr. Mugavin’s research is preliminary, the study could be the first step in identifying factors that discriminate between the two groups and a step toward the development of assessment and preventive measures for at-risk families.
Started in 2003, the CoN Ph.D. program currently has 31 students enrolled with 18 of those students finished with coursework and well into working on their dissertations.
Dr. Paula Meek, Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship at the CoN, sees the Ph.D. program as a necessity to the College not only for research, but to also bring more faculty members aboard at the CoN.
“You hear a lot about the nursing shortage, but one of the biggest deficits on the academic side is the shortage in nurse faculty,” said Dr. Meek. “We want to expand our academic programs so we can bring in more nursing students, but we cannot support the increase in students without hiring more professors with Ph.Ds.”
Dr. Mugavin will be joining the CoN faculty as an assistant professor, starting in January 2007. In her first year as faculty, Dr. Mugavin will concentrate primarily on research and will eventually work into teaching.
The Ph.D. program is also fully available online. For more information on the doctoral program at the CoN, visit CoN Doctoral Program or call (505) 272-4223.
Media Contact: Lauren Cruse, (505) 272-3690; e-mail: lcruse@salud.unm.edu
Professor Jeanne Logsdon, Anderson School of Management, recently accepted an invitation to become an associate editor of The Handbook of 21st Century Management, published by Sage Publications.
Logsdon, who teaches in the school’s department of organizational behavior, is a Regents professor at UNM and holds the Jack and Donna Rust Professorship in Business Ethics. She is the co-author of the book Global Business Citizenship: A Transformative Framework for Ethics and Sustainable Capitalism, published in 2006 by M.E. Sharpe.
The handbook will provide clear and useful discussion of 100 key issues and topics that managers are confronting in the 21st century by scholars from around the world. The structure of discussion for each issue and important associated perspectives and research will be concisely and meaningfully presented. New technologies, globalization and associated ethical implications frame many of these issues.
Other issues that will be introduced and discussed are cutting-edge and unsettled topics in human resource management, strategic management, entrepreneurship, operations management, business and society, management information systems, leadership, international management, organizational culture, diversity management, managing in the post-911 world, not-for-profit management, healthcare management, educational administration, public administration, and green management.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Peer Mentoring for Graduates of Color (PMGC) will host the first in a spring series of four roundtables on issues affecting graduate students of color at the University of New Mexico on Tuesday, Jan. 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Santa Ana rooms in the Student Union Building.
Conceived by PMGC's Steering Committee, the spring 2007 roundtables will bring together faculty, staff and students to discuss first generation graduate students of color, race on campus, the need for faculty of color and non-traditional graduate students of color.
The roundtables are an interactive event including a panel discussion, food and networking.
Critical Issues Roundtable No. 1
First Generation Graduates of Color and Mentoring
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 5 to 7 p.m.
Santa Ana Rooms, Student Union Bulding (SUB)
Featured participants...
** Ted Jojola, Community and Regional Planning
** Nancy Lopez, Sociology
** Gabriel Sanchez, Political Science
** Michelle Touson, African American Student Services and Black Graduate and
Professional Student Association
** Others TBA
RSVP at gradpeer@unm.edu or 277-7397. For more information visit: Peer Mentoring for Graduates of Color.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology presents its first museum event of 2007: a lecture by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor Lawrence Straus, presenting “What’s Old & What’s New at El Miron Cave: Paleolithic Life & Art in Cantabrian Spain,” Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. in Anthropology Rm. 163 on the UNM campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Photo: Distinguished Professor Lawrence Straus
Straus has been excavating in El Miron Cave since 1996. The cave is located in the Cantabrian Cordillera of northern Spain, surrounded by peaks above 1,000 m.
The research, conducted in collaboration with Manuel Gonzalez Morales, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, has revealed a long series of human occupations from the late Mousterian – the time of the last Neanderthals – through the Bronze Age, as well as evidence of use in the Middle Ages and up to the present. The occupations are dated by over 60 radiocarbon assays ranging from 41,000 BP to AD 1400.
Some of the richest levels pertain to the early Magdalenian (17,000-13,000 BP), with evidence of major human settlements in the cave, including works of portable art typical of the Cantabrian region, dated rock engravings and Mediterranean shells indicative of long-distance social contacts.
Another highlight of the El Miron sequence is the oldest, most complete evidence for the adoption of Neolithic agricultural lifeways in northern Atlantic Spain at 4500 BC.
Straus has been doing Paleolithic research in western Europe for 35 years. A Distinguished Professor in the Anthropology Department, he has taught at UNM since 1975. Since 1995 he has been the editor of UNM’s Journal of Anthropological Research, a publication distributed internationally.
Currently, Straus is a member of the United States National Committee for INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research). He has published 16 books about the Paleolithic period and authored some 450 articles, chapters and reviews.
For more information contact Mary Beth Hermans, 277-1400.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Saying that “information is power and access to information is also power,” Governor Bill Richardson today launched LambdaRail in New Mexico. National LambdaRail (NLR) is a nationwide networking infrastructure – a very, very high speed next generation of Internet access – that includes leading U.S. research universities and emerging private sector technology companies.
Photo: Gov. Bill Richardson helped launch LambdaRail, which is a nationwide networking infrastructure with super high speed Internet access capabilities.
Gov. Richardson’s launch of New Mexico’s leg of LambdaRail took place at the University of New Mexico, one of the research university partners in National LambdaRail, along with New Mexico State University and New Mexico Tech.
"As a former Secretary of Energy, I understand how important it is for New Mexico to have high-speed access to the world,” said Governor Richardson. “ It makes us next-door partners with institutions not only in Colorado, Arizona, and Texas, but also with researchers throughout North America, the Far East, and Europe.”
New Mexico’s membership in National LambdaRail ensures that the network will traverse the state, from El Paso through Albuquerque to Denver, with a major point of presence (POP) located in downtown Albuquerque.
“Thanks to the support from Governor Richardson and state lawmakers, New Mexico is now a player in a new global high speed network,” said Terry Yates, UNM Vice President for Research and Economic Development. “LambdaRail makes it happen at the speed of light.”
What it is
Dubbed the “network of networks,” NLR is an 11,000-mile nationwide infrastructure owned by its members, who are also its users. It is the first time the community has owned, controlled and operated all of the network assets. Its primary mission is to serve the research community including academia, government and emerging industry.
NLR has deployed commercial-grade optronics; an 18-site Gigabit Ethernet switched network nationwide — a first; and nine advanced Cisco CRS-1 routers that can serve both the experimental and production needs of the research community.
Applications
Guided by the Regional Optical Networks, NLR focuses on user-empowered networking resources and capacity, which enables leading-edge and experimental technologies. The network is fully operational and enables the simultaneous deployment of multiple networks for experimental and production purposes.
NLR is for all researchers in all disciplines, especially those working on major science initiatives and network research projects. This allows actual users of the infrastructure to design networks to their needs and specifications including the ability to create, deploy and manage their own leading-edge capabilities.
Members of New Mexico’s LambdaRail Board include five members representing the State of New Mexico: Tom Bowles, Chief Science Advisor for Governor Richardson; Carroll Cagel, Chair, IT Commission; Rick Homans, Cabinet Secretary, Economic Development Department; Arturo Jaramillo, Cabinet Secretary, General Services; and Roy Soto, CIO.
Members from the research universities include Terry L. Yates, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, UNM; Barney Maccabe, CIO, UNM; Vimal Chaitanya, Vice President for Research, New Mexico State University; Michael Hites, Vice President for Planning Information Technology and CIO, NMSU; Van Romero, Vice President for Research, New Mexico Tech; and Bob Tacker, IS Director, New Mexico Tech.
Media Contacts: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu; Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu; and Gilbert Gallegos, (505) 476-2217
The University of New Mexico Department of Political Science, Political Science Graduate Student Association, Office for Policy, Security, and Technology, and Institute for Public Policy present “The November Elections, the New Congress, and Iraq: A Panel Discussion,” Friday, Jan. 26, Noon-1:30 pm, Student Union Building, Ballroom C.
Did the November 2006 midterm elections represent a political realignment? What are the consequences of a return to divided government in Washington? Is the United States changing course in Iraq? Should it? How might the 2008 presidential elections shape up?
Join Political Science faculty Lonna R. Atkeson, Mark Peceny, Michael S. Rocca, Andrew L. Ross and Christine M. Sierra for a broad-ranging, incisive discussion of these and other questions about the implications of the November 2006 elections, the shift in control of Congress, and the debate on the way ahead in Iraq.
For more information contact Andrew L. Ross, Professor of Political Science and Director, Office for Policy, Security, and Technology at aross@unm.edu or 277-7391, or Ms. Stephanie Grant, OPST Program Administrator, at slgrant@unm.edu or 277-1391.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Office for Policy, Security, and Technology presents “NATO Today,” with Lieutenant Commander Tania L. Price, Royal Navy, NATO Briefing Team Officer, Monday, Jan. 29 from 12 to 1 p.m.,
Mitchell Hall, rm. 220.
Lt. Cdr. Price will discuss NATO’s origins and its evolution since the demise of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. She will highlight a variety of current themes and issues including NATO strategy for managing peace and dealing with crises, the introduction of the NATO Response Force, and current NATO operations in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Darfur and the Mediterranean. Lt. Cdr. Price will also address the costs and benefits of NATO enlargement and the challenges it faces.
Lt. Cdr. Price entered the Royal Navy in 1976, gaining her Naval Commission at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and is a graduate/post-graduate of Bath and Oxford Universities. Before assuming her current post at Norfolk, VA, as a NATO Briefing Team Officer, Lt Cdr Price served on the staff of the Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC), Shrivenham, UK.
For more information contact Andrew L. Ross, professor, Political Science and director, Office for Policy, Security, and Technology at aross@unm.edu or 277-7391, or Stephanie Grant, OPST Program Administrator, at slgrant@unm.edu or 277-1391.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Anderson School of Management Associate Professor Steven Walsh was recently named as the 2006 recipient of the Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF) Lifetime Achievement Award. MANCEF is an international organization dedicated to micro and nano commercialization education and recognizes Walsh’s efforts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia.
Photo: Associate Professor Steven Walsh, Anderson School of Management
Walsh was nominated for the award by the MANCEF Awards Committee for his exceptional service to MANCEF and the entire international micro nano community.
MANCEF attributes the award to Walsh’s earned respect amongst his peers and the long list of professionals who recognize him as a mentor. Walsh has also made major contributions to the community including: technical, entrepreneurial, and academic.
MANCEF was incorporated in 2000 as a not-for-profit organization in Florida. It is made up of around 400 members representing companies and institutions from North America, Europe, Asia, Pacific Rim, and Middle East.
The objectives of MANCEF are:
* To promote the exchange of knowledge and disseminate information that can accelerate the emergence of an effective economic basis for the future development of Micro and Nano-technology based industries
* To produce conferences, educational training sessions, international trade shows, seminars and internet-based electronic forums focusing on Micro and Nanotechnology, including commercial and educational opportunities utilizing such technology
* To solicit proposals that will promote the commercialization of Micro, Nano and other small emergent technologies.
For more information about MANCEF, please go to MANCEF.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
UNM Acting President David Harris has announced a liberal leave policy to allow university employees who work in non-critical areas a greater flexibility in handling weather and child care related issues this winter.
Whenever possible, UNM will align weather-related closings and delays with the Albuquerque Public Schools to allow employees with children to stay home. But when UNM cannot align weather-related closings and delays with APS, employees in non-critical areas who have children in school or who live in areas that might be adversely affected by the weather may choose to take annual leave to deal with their weather related concerns.
When inclement weather occurs, employees who need to take annual leave for this purpose should notify their managers as quickly as possible via telephone or email.
This policy shall not apply to those employees who work in critical areas of the university. Employees should check with their supervisors if they are unsure of their status.
UNM will institute a formal policy on this issue, but this informal mechanism will remain in place until that policy can be approved.
Media Contact: Magdalena Vigil (505) 277-4993
Walt Michael will perform in concert on the hammered dulcimer on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. in Calvin Hall Auditorium at the University of New Mexico-Gallup. The concert is free and open to the public. Michael’s career has spanned 35 years – taking him from the coal camps of Appalachia to the White House to the closing ceremonies of the 13th Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.
A virtuoso of considerable influence in the revival of this traditional American folk instrument, Michael has a wide repertoire ranging from old-time Southern Appalachian, to Celtic, to original compositions.
A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, he has recorded 14 albums and instructional videos. He has appeared at the Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center, and has toured throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom. His music has been heard on ABC-TV, NBC’s Tonight Show, Broadway, NNC, TNN, CBC, OLN and PBS. He has also composed and performed collaboratively with both the Pilobolus Dance Theater and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Michael was the musical producer, composer and recording artist for the Outdoor Living Network’s documentary, Cowboy 101, which premiered in October 2004. In 2005 he collaborated with five-time Tennessee State Fiddle Champion Jim Wood to produce two instrumental albums featuring his hammered dulcimer playing.
He is also the artist in residence at McDaniel College in Westminster, Md.
Michael will be joined by fiddler and multi-instrumentalist Alexander Mitchell, who plays styles from Celtic to Klezmer, to Swing, Bluegrass and Folk. Mitchell has done a national tour of Woody Guthrie’s American Song with the Missouri Repertory Theatre, appeared in Ted Turner’s movie, Gettysburg, and has created music for numerous soundtrack, stage and theatrical productions.
Media Contact: Linda Thornton, (505) 863-7565; e-mail: lthornton@gallup.unm.edu
Dohnia Dorman, a senior in Communication and Journalism in the College of Arts and Sciences, was selected as a finalist for the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Minority Students Program. She and nominator/faculty adviser Karolyn Cannata-Winge will be acknowledged and will participate in luncheons, recruiting expos and industry immersion programs at the New York Athletic Club Feb. 6-8 in New York City. All finalists will be featured in “Advertising Age” and “USA Today.”
Photo: Dohnia Dorman
“This honor exemplifies the caliber of students in our program, who demonstrate excellent scholastic and professional work. I am proud of Dohnia’s accomplishments and believe this opportunity will allow her to further develop her professional skills that are sure to make her a leader in the advertising industry,” Cannata-Winge said.
Dorman, who is currently president of UNM’s chapter of the American Advertising Federation, said, “I’m very honored that AAF recognized my scholastic and professional efforts. I’m proud to be in such elite company with other outstanding students from across the nation. I think this will be a great opportunity to network and learn more about advertising on a national scale, which will enhance my professional development as I pursue a career in this industry.”
AAF’s Most Promising Minority Students Program is the premier advertising industry award program to recognize and recruit outstanding minority college graduates in advertising, marketing, media and communications. AAF’s Most Promising Minority Students program connects the advertising industry with the nation’s top minority college seniors. This event provides opportunities to recruit fresh talent, to further prepare advertising’s best young prospects and to help the industry’s workforce better reflect the multiculturalism of today’s society.
The program honors the students as well as enhancing their knowledge and understanding of the advertising industry by offering networking, interviewing and industry immersion opportunities with industry professionals.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
UNM will host a free cyberspace training workshop for qualified public safety personnel, Jan. 22 – 26. The class is part of the SENTINEL Project (Security and Network Training Initiative and National Education Laboratory). The project goal is to provide free cybersecurity training to public safety personnel nationwide to help combat, prevent, and respond to potential cyberterrorist attacks against the United States’ critical infrastructures.
Upon completion of the classes, participants will be award certificates by the Office of Grants and Training and the Department of Homeland Security.
The two DHS-certified classes are:
* Cybersecurity: Prevention, Deterrence, and Recovery (Course Catalog #PER 252).
* Cybersecurity: Incident Handling and Response (Course Catalog #PER 253).
Participants must be affiliated with government service, higher education, or public safety and emergency response (examples: law enforcement, city government, universities, hospitals). Participants must also be from an agency located in the State of New Mexico or any surrounding states (agencies can be local, state, federal or tribal in nature).
Location for the UNM class has not yet been determined. Registrants will be notified before the class of the location. More information about qualifications the class and registration forms is available at: Sentinel Project and Sentinel Project Albuquerque.
The classes are free, lunch will be reimbursed based on federal per diem rates, local mileage to and from the participant's agency will also be reimbursed, and all participants will be given free course materials and manuals.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Latin American and Iberian Institute features a new exhibit, “Carnaval de Barranquilla,” a photo exhibition on the cultural heritage of Colombia by Jerry Sutherlin. In conjunction with the exhibit, a reception is scheduled on Friday, Feb. 2 at noon at the LAII, 801 Yale NE on the UNM campus. The exhibit will be up through Wednesday, Feb. 28.
The Carnaval of Barranquilla is a permanent feature of Colombia’s vibrant cultural diversity, including indigenous, African and European influences in music, dance, theater and art. Faced with the threat of increasing commercialization, local organizers of the Carnaval of Barranquilla have gained legal protection for their cultural heritage and, since 2003, are supported through “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity,” a UNESCO program.
Sutherlin has lived in Barranquilla since 1975 and has photographed many aspects of Colombian culture and society. He currently also lives in Cloudcroft, N.M. He has a bachelor’s degree in color theory and in industrial and scientific photography from Brooks Institute of Photographic Arts in Santa Barbara, Calif.
For more information, call Vickie Madrid Nelson at 277-2961 or e-mail vnelson@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico Cheer and Dance Teams won a national championship in the 2007 Universal Cheerleaders Association and Universal Dance Association Nationals this weekend in Orlando, Fla.
Shoni Spinelli (5th year/Clayton, N.M.), Julianne Vallejos (4th year/Los Lunas, N.M.), Jennifer Sanborn (3rd year/Alamogordo, N.M.), and Amanda Wiley (2nd year/Alamogordo, N.M.) teamed up to win the 4-girl partner stunt team title, the first of any kind in Lobo Spirit Group history.
Competing at the Walt Disney World Resort, the Lobos beat out approximately 200 teams for first place honors in the event.
The Chaparral Dance Team placed 14th in the Division IA Hip Hop, while the Coed Cheer team placed 15th in Division IA. The All-Girl Cheer team also placed 9th in the Nation.
Coverage of this event will be shown on ESPN/ESPN2 in March.
Two faculty in the School of Architecture and Planning are receiving awards from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Geraldine Forbes Isais, director of the architecture program, will receive ACSA’s Distinguished Professor Award, the highest honor ACSA awards. It recognizes “sustained creative achievement in the advancement of architectural education through teaching, design, scholarship, research or service.”
Photo: Geraldine Forbes Isais, director, architecture program
Forbes Isais, who was ACSA’s first Hispanic woman president in 2002-03, said, “I’m phenomenally honored because I know this one of the highest awards ACSA bestows on anyone.”
The award is generally given to a senior faculty with a lot of experience within the profession and in teaching. Forbes Isais submitted professional work she had done and wrote about how her career has been a “zigzag because I go back and forth between being in the profession and architectural education.”
Forbes Isais’ area of expertise is in the practice of architecture and how to translate it into architectural education. “I bring ideas that we experiment in the office into the school,” she said.
Tim Castillo, assistant professor with an emphasis in architectural design and digital information systems, is the recipient of the ACSA/AIA New Faculty Teaching Award. The award recognizes “demonstrated excellence in teaching performance during the formative years of an architectural teaching career.” This national award is an honor bestowed upon the most talented young faculty in architecture.
“I am extremely honored, humbled by the fact that I was able to get the recognition,” Castillo said.
“I teach architecture with emerging technologies,” he said. He submitted a PowerPoint presentation demonstrating a body of work done in the past semester at UNM. It included a lot of digital video.
“My students are learning to use digital technology to create new space and how to create architecture in that environment,” Castillo said. One of his students received an international award this year for his use of Form-Z software. "I use technology and revisit its use in my pedagogy," he said.
Castillo is a native of Silver City, NM. “I came back to New Mexico because I am committed to the students here. I think we are headed in the right direction.”
Ric Richardson, acting dean of the school, said, “I am extremely proud of Geraldine and Tim, not just for winning these awards, but for bringing an attitude of commitment and excellence to their students and colleagues in the UNM School of Architecture and Planning. These awards bring national recognition not only to the school, but also the university as a whole. We are lucky to have such talented faculty.”
Castillo and Forbes Isais will be headed to Philadelphia in March to the 95th annual ACSA conference where they will receive their awards.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The monthly UNM Sustainability “Greenbag” Lunch series kicks off on Thursday, Jan. 25, from noon to 1 p.m. It will be held at the University Honors Program Lounge located on the ground floor of the UNM Student Health Center building. Faculty, staff, students and other UNM affiliates are welcome.
Photo: Bruce Milne, director, Sustainability Studies
Bruce Milne, director of Sustainability Studies, and Fiona Sinclair, associate director of Sustainability Studies, will provide an update on the new proposed Sustainability Studies minor degree. Participants will start to design and organize a UNM sustainability event for Spring and begin networking with others on campus about sustainability interests and activities.
If you are interested in the wide spectrum of sustainability solutions, including alternative energy and transportation, global warming policies, local food production, green buildings and socially responsible purchasing, please join us. Drinks, coffee and cookies will be provided, but please bring your own cup.
For more information and to RSVP contact Barbara Widhalm, 345-0911 or bwidhalm@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Sabra Basler, (505) 277-7590; e-mail: sbasler@unm.edu
Gov. Bill Richardson appointed Daniel Ortega, School of Law research professor, as president of the 15-member board of directors for the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Ortega follows Matt Martínez and Edward Luján as the third board president in the center’s history and will serve a two-year term. Ortega is currently the director of International Law Programs and manages international collaboration projects for UNM's Vice President for Research and Economic Development.
Photo: Daniel Ortega, UNM School of Law research professor
“Daniel Ortega brings a unique combination of experience from the grassroots theater community and the U.S. foreign service to the NHCC board,” Gov. Richardson said. “Daniel is a strong advocate for the preservation and celebration of Hispanic culture in our state and will be a valuable addition to the leadership of the Hispanic Cultural Center.”
"I am honored to accept Gov. Richardson's appointment as president of the NHCC board of directors,” Ortega said. “I look forward to a productive year as the board continues to direct the development of the NHCC and its outreach to the entire state."
"The board is very fortunate that the NHCC Foundation – from which the Center originated – remains a bedrock partner in our efforts,” Ortega said. “Thanks to the collective vision and hard work of center staff and volunteers, and board members of the center and the foundation, as well as the support of the public and elected officials at all levels of government, everyone can now enjoy world-class performances, art exhibits and educational programming year-round at this superb cultural center."
During the 1980's and 1990's, Ortega served as a board president, managing director, and volunteer at La Compañía de Teatro de Alburquerque. His late parents, Arturo and Eloisa Ortega, were among the founders of the Hispanic Cultural Foundation, which later changed its name to the NHCC Foundation.
During President Bill Clinton’s second term, Ortega was a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State. He was posted at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid as special assistant to Edward Romero, former ambassador to Spain and Andorra. Ortega worked to strengthen U.S. academic, cultural and trade links with Spain and Andorra, served as liaison between the ambassador’s office and all embassy departments and wrote speeches for the ambassador.
He also directed the ambassador’s numerous initiatives aimed at reviving New Mexico’s historic relationship with Spain. Notable achievements include two long-term institutional links that were established in October 2000: the Prince of Asturias Endowed Chair in Information Science and Technology at UNM and a branch of Spain’s Cervantes Institute at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
In May 2001, the Spanish Government awarded Ortega the Encomienda de la Orden de Isabel la Católica in recognition of his many contributions in support of friendly and cooperative diplomatic relations between Spain and the United States.
“We have been privileged to have individuals like Edward Lujan, Matt Martinez and now Daniel Ortega working to move the center forward,” said Stuart Ashman, secretary of the state, Department of Cultural Affairs. “We feel strongly that this institution is poised to make an important mark in the world’s understanding and appreciation of the Hispano cultural legacy. Daniel, along with his fellow board members and the center’s supporting foundation, will help to make that happen.”
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
Marjorie Perloff, a prominent scholar of modern literature and the retiring president of the Modern Language Association, will speak at the University of New Mexico on Friday, Jan. 19, at 3:30 p.m. in Woodward 147. The event is free and open to the public.
Perloff will be introduced by her longtime associate, UNM Provost Reed Way Dasenbrock. She will then present, “'It Must Change': The Future of English Studies.”
Last year, she served as president of the Modern Language Association, the umbrella organization for all teachers of English and foreign languages in higher education. Her presentation will include observations she has made about teaching language and literature during her tenure in office as well as her long and distinguished career as a professor and critic.
Perloff is the author of a string of books about the poetry and avant-garde movements of the past century, including 21st Century Modernism, The Poetics of Indeterminacy, The Futurist Moment, and Poetic license: essays on modernist and postmodernist lyric. She has also published individual volumes on such famous modern poets as Ezra Pound, Frank O’Hara and Robert Lowell. Her most recent book is The Vienna Moment: A Memoir (2004).
Perloff received her Ph.D. from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. in 1965. Over the next decade, she taught there and at the University of Maryland. In 1976 she moved to California, where she held endowed chairs at the University of Southern California (1976-1986) and Stanford (1986—). For the past five years, since officially retiring, she has continued to publish prolifically and to teach at Stanford as the Sadie Dernham Patek Professor of Humanities Emerita.
The event is sponsored by the Department of English. For more information, contact David Richard Jones, chair, Department of English, 228-4740 or djones@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
The CineMás Albuquerque Latino Film Festival is New Mexico’s premiere festival showcasing films that focus on the diverse social and cultural themes of the Latino voice. This year, it will be held Thursday, Feb. 15, through Sunday, Feb. 18, at various sites around Albuquerque. Projects from Panama, Spain, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay, as well as works by New Mexican filmmakers, will be screened at local venues.
Many featured pieces have received awards at film festivals around the world and range from short films and animations to documentaries and full-length dramas.
Organized by UNM’s Arts of the Americas Institute in the College of Fine Arts, the festival includes an emphasis on filmmakers, scholarly work and generating an atmosphere for discussion. Venues include the Guild Cinema, the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Wells Fargo Theatre, UNM’s ARTS Lab, and the historic KiMo Theatre in downtown Albuquerque.
The festival opens at the KiMo with a free screening of the Brazilian film Quase Dois Irmaos (Almost Two Brothers) by screenwriter Paulo Lins, best known for his work City of God. Four winners of the Governor’s Cup Screenplay Competition will screen their films at the Guild along with a question and answer sessions with the filmmakers.
At the UNM ARTS Lab, Dr. Carl Mora will present Espaldas Mojadas, a classic Mexican film which Mora translated and subtitled.
Festival highlights include Sundance Film Festival award winner Quinceañera, critically acclaimed Whisky from Uruguay, Peruvian film Dias de Santiago, and Argentina’s Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños. The works of emerging local and international filmmakers will also be featured as well as a block of films from the Los Angeles Cine Sin Fin Festival.
Festival passes are $15 for students and $25 for adults and are available at Alphaville Video, 256-8243. Tickets for individual screenings can be purchased at the door. National Hispanic Cultural Center tickets are also available through
ticketmaster.com
For information, detailed schedule and ticket information visit: CineMás Festival.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Vice President John Lumpkin joined with Acting UNM President David Harris and other university leaders today to announce the establishment of a national center for health policy at the University of New Mexico. Started with an initial commitment of $18.5 million, the interdisciplinary center will have dedicated leadership and staffing as well as its own physical location on UNM’s main campus.
Through its students and programs, the Center will contribute to the development and implementation of national health policies by increasing the number of Hispanic and Native American scholars who can engage in the debate as leaders.
The creation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico comes at a time when the nation’s ethnic and racial diversity is rapidly increasing, and will be guided by the principle that development of health policy should be grounded in the experience of the people it represents.
Currently, few Hispanics and Native Americans are bringing their perspectives to health policy discussions. Minority groups disproportionately face barriers to good health. Many lack access to quality health care, are faced with unhealthy living environments, and suffer from poor health, disability and earlier death.
The Center will be a physical, educational and cultural home for promising minority leaders and others, providing them with the training, research and opportunities they need to inform discussions and debates about health policy.
“To create the best health care services for all Americans, the country needs a diverse group of leaders in Washington and in academic circles who represent the interests, cultures, and needs of this incredibly diverse nation,” said Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey. “When it comes to health, one size does not fit all. We need to nurture and support a new generation of health policy leaders with diverse perspectives.”
As a leading Hispanic-serving institution with a medical school, colleges of nursing and pharmacy public health program and doctoral-level programs in economics, political science and sociology, the University of New Mexico is uniquely positioned to house the new center. Almost half of its 32,300 students are minorities, including 30.5 percent Hispanic and 12 percent Native American.
“We are delighted to be given the opportunity by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to create a center that will one day strongly influence health policy in this country,” said Acting UNM President David Harris.
“Expanding access to health care and providing health coverage for all New Mexicans are priorities for my administration and this center will help turn these policies into reality,” said New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. “As New Mexicans, we are very proud of our diversity and our role as national leaders on health policy. This center will ensure minority, Hispanic and Native American voices are included in the national health care policy discussion.”
To achieve national impact, and in the process improve health outcomes, the Center will focus on several areas:
Recruitment
The Center will increase the pool of minorities interested in Ph.D. programs in the social sciences. Most minority students who pursue graduate degrees select professional programs because they appear to offer more tangible career rewards than a Ph.D., and can be completed in less time, with less debt, and with less mathematical or statistical preparation. The Center will provide incentives for students to pursue doctoral degrees.
Readiness
The Center will work with academic departments to offer a rigorous and interdisciplinary educational program that prepares students for leadership in the policy arena.
Retention
To retain Hispanic and Native American students, the Center will offer financial, social and cultural support, along with research and educational opportunities that allow students to stay connected with their communities.
Research
The Center will conduct independent research and develop and support a national research agenda that promotes a better understanding of health issues, including access, cost, and health care quality to inform the policy debate.
Raising Awareness
A core component of the Center will be interdisciplinary research workshops on specialized health topics, as well as a regular series of national conferences and workshops focusing on health policy issues of greatest concern to Hispanics and Native Americans.
The RWJF Health Policy Center will be fully established in the fall of 2007 and expects to train approximately 100 students within five years of opening.
Media Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu
The University of New Mexico will host a visionary talk on the future of information technology in a research university setting featuring the influential Daniel Reed, who is currently the vice chancellor for Information Technology and chief information officer at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The talk, titled “Computing the Future,” will be held Jan. 22, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Ballroom B of the Student Union Building. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Photo: Daniel Reed, vice chancellor for Information Technology, University of North Carolina
Reed’s research has focused on the design of very high-speed computers and on providing new computing capabilities for scholars in science, medicine, engineering and the humanities.
“Dr. Reed is probably the most influential person in computer science at this time,” said UNM Interim CIO Barney Maccabe.
Reed’s responsibilities at UNC extend to all central computing, networking and telecommunications. He is the founder and chair of the IT Strategic Planning Committee, which facilitates his leadership of the formulation of vision, strategic plans and policies for University information technology.
Along with serving as director of Renaissance Computing Institute – a collaborative venture that explores the interactions of computing technology with the sciences, arts and humanities – Reed is a member of the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the current chair of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association. He also served on President Bush’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, where he chaired the computational science subcommittee.
For more information contact Jane McGuire at (505) 277-3378 or via e-mail, jmcguire@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Duane Arruti has been named associate vice president for Human Resources at the University of New Mexico. He will be responsible for providing strategic leadership, integration and coordination of the Human Resources information technology and finance functions.
He will also provide oversight of the HR/Payroll Banner module integration into the University's operations and will lead the planning for future optimization of processes and technologies to improve the quality and efficiency of human resources administration services across campus.
Arruti, who will begin his new duties Feb. 1, has been at UNM since 1995. He has served in a variety of roles across campus including the School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center Financial Services and Main Campus Financial Services. Most recently, he served as associate controller and finance project director where he was actively involved in critical business analysis efforts to improve business and technical processes in the areas of Finance, Payroll, Budget and Human Resources.
He has been actively involved in both department specific and institution wide reporting initiatives. During the Banner implementation, he served in various capacities on the Finance, Budget and HR/Payroll implementations. Additionally, he serves on the Banner Leadership Team and is co-chair of the Report Steering Committee.
A licensed certified public accountant, Arruti has a BBA in accounting from James Madison University. He is currently completing work on his MBA at UNM.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Some openings still available for popular program
The University of New Mexico is sponsoring two grant writing workshops Jan. 29 - Feb 2, 2007 and Feb. 5-9, 2007 at UNM’s Continuing Education Conference Center. The Grantsmanship Center, Inc. (TGCI), the world’s oldest and largest training organization for the nonprofit sector, will conduct the five-day workshops.
New grants make it possible for cash-strapped agencies to bring important services into the community and get innovative ideas off the ground. Yet applying for and receiving grants is a very competitive process.
“Designed for both novice and experienced grant seekers, the workshops will cover all aspects of searching for grants, writing grant proposals, strategies for securing government and foundation grants, corporate contributions and negotiating with funding sources,” said Betsy Till, UNM Development grants specialist.
Registration for each session is limited to 30 participants. The program fee is $825 and includes workshop tuition and one year of TGCI membership benefits and services. Partial scholarships may be available for organizations with annual operating budgets under $300,000.
To register for the workshops or to apply for a scholarship, contact The Grantsmanship Center at (800) 421-9512. For local information contact Betsy Till at 277-1589.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The first floor reference area at Zimmerman Library will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 16. There will be a celebration ceremony and reception at 10 a.m. The reference area in the east wing of the library is directly above the fire that occurred last April in the basement.
The books and materials on the first floor suffered soot and smoke damage during the fire and were sent out of state for cleaning. The books have now been returned and are ready for use.
University Library administrators took advantage of the situation to completely rearrange the reference area, creating more spaces for students. As a result there are more computers for student use as well as more group study areas.
Students, staff and faculty are invited to view the revitalized reference area and celebrate the Zimmerman improvements.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
The winners of the L.F. “Tow” Diehm Inspirational Award for 2005-06 are Chris Carlson and Lars Loeseth, while Maja Kovacek is the recipient of the Leslie Self Inspirational Award. Started in 1997-98, the awards are presented annually to University of New Mexico male and female student-athletes based on leadership, character, determination and commitment to team.
The late Tow Diehm served the University of New Mexico for 40 years, most of that time spent as the head athletics trainer. He was also an athletics administrator and a lobbyist for the department to the New Mexico state legislature. Tow passed away on May 1, 1998.
Leslie Self was the wife of Randy Self, who is the former President of the Lobo Club and owner of Spectator’s Sports Bar and Grille. Leslie also passed away in 1998 after a long battle with cancer.
This year’s recipients will be recognized before the Lobo men’s basketball game on Wednesday, Jan. 24, against BYU. Presenting the awards will be Tow’s wife, Pearl, and Randy Self.
Chris Carlson was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 2006 Major League Draft. The first baseman from Topeka, Kansas, garnered several awards in his two-year career at New Mexico, including ESPN the Magazine All-Academic first team as a junior and second team as a sophomore.
Carlson carried a 3.69 GPA in General Management. Twice he was named first team Louisville Slugger All-America and all-MWC first team. Carlson set a Lobo career record for slugging percentage, tied for the fifth highest career batting average at .380 and is fifth in home runs at UNM with 36.
One of the most prominent athletes to compete at UNM, Lars Loeseth has been a member of the two most successful sports programs in UNM history. He competed for UNM’s NCAA Championship ski team in 2004 and was on the runner-up squad in 2006. Loeseth was also a member of New Mexico’s 2005 men’s soccer team that finished second in the nation.
A native of Oslo, Norway, Loeseth is a three-time All-American in skiing where he was a member of two national slalom team titles in 2004 and 2006. Academically, Loeseth earned a spot on ESPN The Magazine’s At-Large Academic All-American 3rd Team in 2005 and 2006. He has a 3.81 cumulative grade-point-average, majoring in International Management.
A native of Pula, Croatia, Maja Kovacek was a two-time All-American in women’s tennis and one of 30 finalists for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Award in 2006. She was recognized as the Mountain West Conference Female Student-Athlete of the Year in 2005-06 and was a finalist for the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sportsmanship & Leadership Award.
Kovacek became the first women’s tennis All-American in 2004 and she earned her second honor in 2006. She was invited to the NCAA Individual Championships in both singles and doubles three consecutive years and was named all-Mountain West Conference every year while at UNM.
Kovacek carried a double major in psychology and sociology, and finished her collegiate career with the top grade point average on the women’s tennis team. She volunteered for several community service activities, including the Kids After School Sports Program, Boys and Girls Club Sports Day and Special Olympics. In addition, she served on the university’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Previous Winners...
Tow Diehm Award
1997-98 Pepe Caballero - tennis
1998-99 Marcos White - basketball
1999-00 Daniel Reyes - football
2000-01 Brian Smith - basketball
2001-02 Jarrod Baxter - football
2002-03 Dusty Young - baseball
2003-04 Divan Coetzee - tennis
2004-05 Nick Speegle - football
2005-06 Chris Carlson - baseball; Lars Loeseth - skiing/soccer
Leslie Self Award
1997-98 Tamika Stukes - basketball
1998-99 Aimee Hites - tennis
1999-00 Nikki Heckroth - basketball
2000-01 Quinn Michie - swimming
2001-02 Kristi Larsen - golf
2002-03 Jennier Delich - skiing
2003-04 Amanda Barnes - track and field; Cassie Chavez - softball; Nicole Overeem - swimming
2004-05 Kristen Winters - soccer
2005-06 Maja Kovacek - tennis
The Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico will conduct a six-week GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) preparation program this spring. The program, which runs March 24-May 12, is designed to teach participants the math and verbal skills they’ll need to be successful on the exam.
Anderson isn’t the only school that requires the GMAT – top-tier business schools across the country include the test in their admission decisions.
“The GMAT is only one of a handful of criteria we look at, including undergraduate GPA, work experience, and letters of recommendation,” said Loyola Chastain, Anderson’s Graduate Programs manager.
“We know the test is hard and we encourage anyone who’s thinking about a graduate degree at Anderson to begin their preparation for the GMAT well in advance of our application deadlines.”
“The GMAT is a standard used by more than 1,800 business schools,” said Mickey Byrd, program manager for Anderson’s professional and executive MBA programs. “Anderson participated in a national study that found a strong correlation between GMAT scores and success in graduate business programs. It’s the one objective benchmark that is common to all of our applicants, who come from many different undergraduate schools and have a wide range of work experiences.”
“I tell students that in six weeks they can’t change their GPA, and they can’t change their work experience, but they can change their GMAT score," said Anderson chief marketing officer Sophie Martin. "That’s what this program will help them to do.”
GMAT students will spend 36 hours working with tutors in small classes that are grouped by score level and 16 hours taking proctored practice tests. Students who require additional help with math will also take a six-hour refresher class prior to the start of the program.
The idea, says Martin, is to “help them learn what they need for the test as quickly as possible and then send them out to take the exam.”
The program is based on popular national test prep programs but offers more hours of instruction at the lower cost of $1,065. UNM employees have the option of 100-percent tuition remission from the University. Comparable programs cost $1,400 and above, according to Martin.
The deadline for enrollment is March 7, but students are encouraged to enroll early because last summer’s program sold out a month before it started.
For additional information call (505) 277-7117 or visit: GMATCourse Info Registration.
Media Contacts: Sophie Martin, (505) 277-7117; e-mail: martin@mgt.unm.edu or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
The UNM ARTS Lab will host New Mexico’s Media Industries Conference on Friday, Feb. 2, from 8 to 5 p.m. at the Student Union Building. This free conference, titled “New Challenges, New Opportunities,” will bring together people from across the media spectrum. More than 300 professional filmmakers, artists, researchers, technology developers, educators and students are expected to attend and network with others to learn of activities, challenges and opportunities in these exciting fields.
The conference is part of UNM’s response to the state’s Media Industries Strategy Project - Gov. Richardson’s plan to create a media industry in New Mexico based on the state's unique combination of technical, artistic and cultural resources. Since the strategy began in 2004, New Mexico has experienced unprecedented growth in income and film related jobs. With new studios and other facilities, further growth is expected.
The strategy seeks to expand this advancement into a robust media cluster where New Mexicans can build companies and find jobs in film, games, animation, technology and other media related fields.
The morning’s general session will feature a survey of various media fields, industry developments and trends, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. The morning will close with keynote talks from leaders in digital media research and production. The afternoon will include breakout sessions on Media Education, Festivals and Competitions, Working with the Press, Serious Games and more.
Space is limited and pre-registration is required. For further information call 277-2253 or go to ARTS Lab.
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
Banner, UNM's Enterprise Information System, was successfully upgraded during the holiday break. The critical upgrade improves performance levels for a variety of Banner applications including: LoboWeb, LoboWeb, LoboPhone, Internet Native Banner (INB), Banner Authorization Request (BAR), Workflow, Demographic Self Service, LoboMart, Hyperion and ODSP.
Primary benefits from the upgrade are both technical and interactive. Included among the variety of improvements making it easier to use are: the INB interface now provides staff with a larger screen resolution; tabbed forms for easier navigation; a “smart” toolbar; and pop-up options.
On the technical side of the upgrade, Banner 7 uses Application Programming Interface (API), which is easier to build on.
With the upgrade, UNM is now running the most current Banner software and, according to the vendor maintenance agreement, will continue receive full vendor support.
With most critical and major upgrades, the process is complex and it is normal to experience some issues with the applications or data for a period of time. The Banner project team is monitoring the situation and is prepared to resolve any problems as quickly as possible.
More information about the upgrade and a complete list of affected Banner applications visit FastInfo at: FastInfo, Nos. 3062 and 3063. Users can also post related questions at FastInfo.
For more information contact the LINK Service Center at 277-8220.
Lisa Gill Receives $20,000 NEA Fellowship
University of New Mexico graduate student Lisa Gill recently received one of the nation’s top awards for poets – the National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Poetry. She is one of 50 selected from a pool of 1,056 applications to receive this two-year, $20,000 fellowship. She was chosen based on poems from her first book, “Red as a Lotus.”
Gill’s plans include a two book project that will take her to Chiapas. Another important aspect of the fellowship is that the financial support will allow Gill, who has been subsisting on Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, “to receive money for an ability instead of a disability,” she said. "What that means to me is dignity."
Gill joined UNM’s master of fine arts in creative writing program in fall 2006. She received a bachelor’s in university studies from UNM in 1993. Currently living in Moriarty, N.M., she has long been active in New Mexico arts.
Some of her current projects include Unicycle Imprint, a chapbook series for writers with disabilities to be published through Destructible Heart Press; Tributaries, a tri-city art gallery; Line-Break, a poetry segment on KUNM; and Donkey Journal, a literary magazine published by Albuquerque’s Donkey Gallery.
Gill’s second book, “Mortar and Pestle,” which explores her reaction to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, was recently released from New Rivers Press.
The NEA, established by Congress in 1965, is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, bringing the arts to all Americans and providing leadership in arts education. The endowment awards Literature Fellowships to invest in American creativity, encourage the production of new work and allow writers the time and means to write.
Media Contact: Sari Kosinsky (505) 277-1593 michal@unm.edu
Jim Hulsman, long-time Albuquerque High School basketball coach and athletic director, is presenting his extensive collection of scrapbooks and yearbooks to the Center for Southwest Research Special Collections and University Libraries at the University of New Mexico. The collection includes 125 volumes, many of them created by Hulsman and documenting the careers of Albuquerque High athletes. Several of them went on to play at UNM.
The scrapbooks contain biographical sketches written by Hulsman, news clippings, photos and schedules/scores. The collection also includes materials created by others and given to him.
The entire collection covers the period from 1892 to 2002. In addition, Hulsman is donating AHS yearbooks from 1914 through 2000.
Hulsman came to New Mexico in 1940 and graduated from UNM in 1958, receiving his Bachelors of Science degree. He coached basketball, track, baseball and football for 48 years in Albuquerque.
He was head basketball coach at AHS for thirty-four years and the director of athletics for twenty-two years before retiring in 2003. Hulsman has been active with the New Mexico Activities Association, the New Mexico High School Coaches Association and the New Mexico High School Athletic Directors Association.
He is the recipient of many national and state awards, including the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the New Mexico Activities Association Hall of Honor and the UNM Alumni Association Rodey Award, which is given to someone who has devoted their time in a leadership capacity and has contributed significantly to the field of education.
CSWR Director Michael Kelly says the Hulsman collection will fit in well with the UNM Archives’ Athletics Department collection and will complement collections involving the history of Albuquerque and Albuquerque High School.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627 e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu
Regular Deliveries Resume Tomorrow
By this afternoon, UNM Mailing Systems has delivered "99 percent" of the mail that had backlogged due to the holiday break and the storm, said Norm Twilley, incoming and campus mail supervisor.
A Special News Minute notified the campus community this morning that ice and snow made it dangerous for mail to be delivered to all areas.
Twilley said that two people were assigned to each route today with morning mail going to the Health Sciences Center and afternoon deliveries on main campus.
"I am looking at empty carts that had been stacked with mail," Twilley said. He added that regular deliveries will resume tomorrow.
For mail questions, call 277-4124.
Since Saturday, Dec. 30, a Physical Plant Department response team, including staff from grounds and landscaping, custodial services and the moving crew, has been hard at work.
“The undertaking has been enormous, hindered by limited equipment resources. Staff worked through the weekend and New Year’s and continues to devote long hours to this effort,” said PPD Director Mary Vosevich. She added that on Tuesday. Jan.2, services were contracted to plow parking lots.
Campus landscape has been devastated by this snowfall and it will most likely take several months to recover, she said. “There are hundreds of trees that have been damaged and approximately 100 that will be permanently lost.
Buildings have suffered roof damage and, as the thaw continues, we anticipate further leaks,” Vosevich said.
Maintenance and operations staff has been working throughout the break to monitor buildings and address problems as they arise.
Parking Services staff has also responded to the emergency, prioritizing the snow removal efforts for parking lots.
“The support services of the University have responded remarkably to this emergency and should be commended for their efforts and dedication to UNM,” Vosevich said.